Gotham
wiktionary
When originally used in England, the meaning of the place name Gotham was literally “homestead where goats are kept”, from Old English gāt(“goat”) + hām(“home”). [1]
As nickname for New York City, first used 1807 by Washington Irving in his Salmagundi Papers. [2] As “Gotham City”, name of the fictional home of Batman, first mentioned in Batman issue 4, 1940. [3]
etymonline
Gotham (n.)
"New York City," first used by Washington Irving in "Salmagundi" (1807), based on "Merrie Tales of the Mad Men of Gotham" (1460), a collection of legendary stories of English villagers alternately wise and foolish. There is a village of this name in Nottinghamshire, originally Gatham (1086), in Old English, "Enclosure (literally 'homestead') where goats are kept." It is unknown if this was the place intended in the stories. Related: Gothamite.
